Schools

Cridersville schools history students teachers education school buildings classes graduates Cridersville Ohio Auglaize County local history Cridersville Historical Society. The last Cridersville senior class graduated in 1966, a century after the first school opened in the village. Since then high school students in Cridersville have attended classes in Wapakoneta. Today the Cridersville School is an elementary building for kindergarten through fourth grade students. All other Cridersville students attend Wapakoneta Middle School, Wapa- koneta High School or Apollo Career Center. In 2009 voters of the Wapakoneta School District approved a bond issue to construct a new elementary school in Cridersville on Reichelderfer Road. This new building opened in the fall of 2010. It is a beautiful and spacious facility on an 18-acre site. Over the years students from Cridersville have had great success. Many have remained in the area while others have lived and worked in places around the world. Their success, wheth- er here in Cridersville or elsewhere, stands as a testament to the quality of our Cridersville Schools, teachers and community. CRIDERSVILLE SCHOOLS Dedicated To Excellence To learn more about local history, visit the Cridersville Historical Museum at 111 W. Sugar Street. The museum is open the first and third Sunday of each month, March through October, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Special tours are available year round by calling 419-645-4782. Cridersville Historical Society 111 W. Sugar St. PO Box 2444 Cridersville, Ohio The first school was established in Cridersville in 1866. Ephraim and Polly Crider, founders of the village, along with N.A. Murdock, an early merchant, sold a quarter acre from their adjoining farms for the purpose of a school house. It was a one-room, frame building erected at 218 E. Main Street. By 1875 the village had grown and a new brick school was erected at the corner of Waverly and High Streets. Daniel and Lucinda Phillips sold the land to the Board of Education for $150. This new building contained four class- rooms on two floors. It was a substantial brick structure with arched windows and a bell tower. It was known at the Union School. By 1901 enrollment at the Union School had reached 214....